Now, it's almost impossible to go out and do a film about a new form of music.

I love punk rock, but I also love metal.

Big studio comedies are such a headache.

The first Decline I did was out of sheer love and appreciation for the music. In 1977, it was more about bands, because punk was a new form of music. It was groundbreaking and political.

My mother was a barmaid and I was raised in a trailer park. I'm used to that language. I put it on the screen so that people could interpret it as they wish.

For the most part, studio movies have huge budgets. They don't do anything under 30 to 40 million. When you have that much money at stake, you have so many people breathing down your neck.

When men have money and power they get turned on, sexually. They get horny as hell. Can't imagine why, though.